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Jeremy Grimshaw, David Moher and Peter Tugwell ranked among world’s top researchers


November 24, 2020

Drs. David Moher, Peter Tugwell and Jeremy Grimshaw,Drs. David Moher, Peter Tugwell and Jeremy Grimshaw,Three senior scientists at The Ottawa Hospital, affiliated with uOttawa, have been ranked among the top researchers in the world for 2020. According to the Clarivate Web of Science Group, Drs. Jeremy Grimshaw, David Moher and Peter Tugwell all have multiple papers that rank in the top one percent for citations in the field of Social Sciences, and Dr. Moher is ranked similarly in Clinical Medicine as well. Tens of thousands of other researchers have used and built upon their work to improve care for conditions ranging from cancer to stroke to arthritis. 

  • Dr. Grimshaw leads The Ottawa Hospital’s Centre for Implementation Research and is a world-renowned expert in systematic reviews, knowledge translation and implementation science. 
  • Dr. Moher leads The Ottawa Hospital’s Centre for Journalology and is a world-leader in research methods, reporting, systematic reviews and meta-science. 
  • Dr. Peter Tugwell leads the University of Ottawa’s Centre for Global Health and is also known around the world for his research in health equity and knowledge translation.

More than 6,000 researchers made the Web of Science Highly Cited list this year, out of a total of nearly eight million around the world.

The Ottawa Hospital is a leading academic health, research and learning hospital proudly affiliated with the University of Ottawa. Research at The Ottawa Hospital is possible because of generous donations to The Ottawa Hospital Foundation.

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